TY - CHAP
T1 - Return of the man-machine interface
T2 - 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2013
AU - Rowland, Duncan
AU - Linehan, Conor
AU - Appiah-Kubi, Kwamena
AU - Schoonheyt, Maureen
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper presents the design and evaluation of "the man-machine interface" a punchable interface designed to criticise and react against the values inherent in modern systems that tacitly favour one type of user (linguistically and technically gifted) and alienate another (physically gifted). We report a user study, where participants used the device to express their opinions before engaging in a group discussion about the implications of strength-based interactions. We draw connections between our own work and that of evolutionary biologists whose recent findings indicate the shape of the human hand is likely to have been partly evolved for the purpose of punching, and conclude by examining violent force as an appropriate means for expressing thoughts and feelings.
AB - This paper presents the design and evaluation of "the man-machine interface" a punchable interface designed to criticise and react against the values inherent in modern systems that tacitly favour one type of user (linguistically and technically gifted) and alienate another (physically gifted). We report a user study, where participants used the device to express their opinions before engaging in a group discussion about the implications of strength-based interactions. We draw connections between our own work and that of evolutionary biologists whose recent findings indicate the shape of the human hand is likely to have been partly evolved for the purpose of punching, and conclude by examining violent force as an appropriate means for expressing thoughts and feelings.
KW - Critical design
KW - Man-machine interface
KW - Punch interface
KW - Values-sensitive design
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84893902138
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_15
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_15
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84893902138
SN - 9783319031606
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 215
EP - 229
BT - Advances in Computer Entertainment - 10th International Conference, ACE 2013, Proceedings
Y2 - 12 November 2013 through 15 November 2013
ER -